The Iranian militia is controlling the battle for Mosul, its Shite vs Sunni( Isis).
The 75th Ranger regiment will be in the middle of this And Irans Iranian militia proxies will likley turn on our troops, and take Mosul to expand Iranian influence through Iraq, Syria and right into the Mediterranean area.
The specific Iranian militias involved have killed American soldiers before.
If we are against the Sunni, we will never have any influence for peace making in the local area of Mosul, the area is populated by the Sunni majority.
US Army conflict with these Iranian militias is almost inevitable. We should be prepared to beat the tar out of them.
>>The Iranian militia is controlling the battle for Mosul, its Shite vs Sunni( Isis).
I’m surprised there isn’t more discussion of this aspect of what is going on, on the thread. Ultimately crushing ISIS would seem to be good for Iran, bad for KSA, forgetting for a moment the bit part players for whom this is life or death, and lots of the latter and other barbarisms with ISIS.
This may be the right thing to do, long term, geopolitically, but it may not. I lean more towards not/why are we there? A pox on all their houses is my attitude, other than the Christians, Yazidis, and maybe a few others.